Cleat for electric wires.



W. F. BITTER. GLEAT FOR ELECTRIC WIRES. APPLICATION FILEDYMAQ 13, 1907.

Patehted Sept. 21, 1909.

@EATES PAT wILLiAM r. moraine;-

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CLEA'I} FGR @ELECTElfi Villa/ES.

t Specification of Letters Patent, Pnitggntgd Application filed May 1 3, 1907. Serial Nof 373,424.

To 11 ZZ 1071 cm it may concern lie it known that LlViLL AM F. Rl'r'rnn,

, a citizen of the l nited States ot America, and. a l'lSltlt lit of Cincinnati, in the county ot, Hamilton and State of. @1110, have in devices thati 'a-re to be connected in circuit witltsaid conduct-or-wires.

The invention consists in a cleat having a longitudinal series of five transverse straight holes or passage-ways pierced therethrough and, also, the customary pair of screw-holes pierced at right-angles .to said transverse holes, the two opposite-end transverse holes ht-ing provided for supporting the usual conductor-wires and the intermediate three transverse holes being provided for the engagement of the wires leading circuitously from said rouductor-wires to the electric lamp or other device supported thereby, and illt flt-ut thus combining in itsymistruction a substitute for the customary rosettes used For suspending electric lamps or the like.

.In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of a ceiling showing; attached thereto three of my cleats in position supporting a pair of COHdHCtOY-Yvlltfi and the upper part of a lamp-socket; Fig. 2,

a Front elevation of my device, showing a part thereof in section to illustratecnc or" the usual screw-holes; Fig. 3, a front elevation of my device, showing it; attached to a fragmentary section of a ceiling, the conductor-wires being shown in, place therein and the suspensionwires for .the lamp or other device being shoivn engaged with all the transverse holes intervening between the end trr sverse holes that accommodate said condactor-wires; Fig. 4-, another front elevah tion similar to Fig. 3, butshowing the two wires of .thc lamp-suspension 'means engaging but two ot' said intervening holes; and Fig. 5, a. transverse section of my device, taken on the dotted-lino indicated at a of Fig. 3, and showing the circuitous manner in which the lamp-suspension moans engages the center-hole or passage-way in the and its connection with one of the conductorwires.

ln the d awings, 1 indihtes a rectangular block, ofany suitable material, comprising my cleat. ca

2, 2 are the customary screw-hole int-he. cleat for use in the attachn'ie to a ceiling, such as shown at 1, 3 and l, or elsewhere in position porting electric lamps or the like.

3, 3 represeiit straight transverse holes or passage-ways pierced in the cleat me each end as customary and at a right-angle to the ad a'cent screw-hole 2. l, 4: represent the usualconductor-wires passed through Z0 said holes 3 and supported-by the hat; 1.

5 represents a straight central hole passageway pierced in the cleat parallel the holes 3, and (5, 6 are straight holes pierced in said cleat, one at either side 7 said hole 5 and parallel thereto.

7, 7 represent the two wires comprising the suspension means for the lamp or other dc vice that is to be supported for use, such lamp or other device; being indicated at Z) in Fig. 1.

i will now describe how my cleat is to be used. Screws a re inserted through the holes:

2, 2, as customary, and used for attaching the cleat to the ceiling or other surtace where V the electric device is to be hung or supported. The. conductor-wires 4t, 4 are passed tlirong. the holes 3, 3, and resttherein for su i ipo The upper end of the twisted lamp supr ing cord, made up of wires 7, 7, is uutwis 0 a suitabledistance down and and, for crotnary use in suspending and encro an incandescent electric-lamp or the hue per ends of the wires 7, 7 are ea through the center hole 5, but in oppt l rect-ions (as seen in l igs. l and such ends are passed through the litt one of such ends passing along one the'cleat toward one conductorovire the other end passing along the other the cleat to the other conductors insulation at the extreme ends of .aid 7, 7 is stripped or hat-ed from the metal such rnetalis' coiled or wrapped around a.

bared portion of the several condtrotor-wires i 4, 4 in the usual manner, as host seen at in Fig. 5. It will be seen that the pas ug olithc upper ends of the wires 7, 7 in oi.

rections through the center hole 5 and. thence along ceilings or elsewhere to support lamps at opposite sides of the cleat to and through the holes (5, (5, provides a circuitous series of hights or bends in such wires that they will not slip through said holes 5 and 6 and a very firm attachment of the suspension Wires is made that supplies a decided substitute for the customary separate rosettes without materially increasing the cost of the cleat and 0 with a very material" decrease in the labor required in supporting a lamp or the like.

In Fig. l, 1' have shown a supporting means that is designed to carry greater weight than that seen in Fig. 3, the upper .x untwisted ends of the lamp-cord being passed from opposite sides of the cleat through the holes 6, (3, then knotting said ends at 9, 9, so that the wires will not slip backward through said holes (3, G, the center hole 5 not being 30 necessary to use in this supporting means.

'lhe'extreine outer ends of said upper ends of the wires '7, 7, beyond said knots 9, 9 are bared and coiled around bar-ed portions of the conductor-wires 4,4, the same as de- 25 scribed in connection with Fig. 3.

It will be seen in F 1g. 1 that the cleat to /the right is a split one, it'being otherwise of the same construction as the other two cleats shown in said figure. This split :t'easo ture is intended to carry out the same pur:

pose that split cleats of the ordinarykind are used for,1n stringing the conductor-Wires or the like.

An important advantage is attained as a result of using my'form of cleat, as there is no strain whatever on the conductorqvires nor on the wound connections of the harcd ends ofthe wires 7, 7.

I claim A. supporting-cleat for conductor and suspension electric-wires, the same comprising an elongated block having transversely pierced therethrough a longitudinal series of parallel, straight and smooth holes, a large hole being at the center, a large hole at either end and a small hole intervening said large center hole and each of said large end holes, and suitable screw receiving holes pierced across the width of the device at right-angles to said longitudinal series oi different-sized transverse holes, the whole being suitably adapted to be attached in place to support a lamp or other object having suspension teedwires from the large central and the intermediate small holes, through which holes the suspension feed-wires are circuitously passed or threaded and, also, to receive and support the conductor-wires in the opposite large end holes.

WILLIAM F. El TEE. Witnesses JOHN ELIAS JONES, NORMA Knisnn. 

